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So an update on this little mischief maker. She's still quacking all the time but no complaints so far from neighbours. The last few days however she does seem to be off her food a bit they get a mix of food, a romaine lettuce a day, peas, Pellets and a small amount of garvo treat mix when...

Hi all. I've attached a video. She (Delta) is in her enclosure in the video but she's quacking in the same way when out in the garden with me, they get about 5-6 hours supervised a day outside to forage and free range. She's turning 3 in June, our other female started laying just over 2 weeks...

Thanks so much Lydia. Both yourself and this forum are so helpful to worried duck parents like me! 😊

Hiya We have 3 mini appleyards, they are two years old, so this is their second big moult. I don't remember them being this sleepy and eating less last year. Both our females stopped laying about a week ago and the featherpocalypse has begun. We've been giving them extra protein food like...

Thanks! Yeah we think she might have put her beak through the enclosure and into some chicken wire we had put on the outside to try and deter the rat, but we've removed that now. I had noticed the scratches but my duck father brain went mental about all the things that could be wrong with...

Was originally going to post asking about chilli powder on the duck food, I'd heard about ducks not noticing it but mammals like rats hating it. Anyone had any good results with stopping rats using it on the food and the ducks have no ill effects?

Hi, I've attached some pictures, came out to see the ducks this afternoon and one of our ladies has blood around her nostrils, I had gone out as I'd seen a rat inside the enclosure so not sure if that could have been anything to do with it Checking the cameras today she's been sleeping a...

Unfortunately we don't have any neighbours we'd trust with giving them water, but we'll definitely do the warm water trick, thanks for that! We'll probably still let them out instead of keeping them inside so that they get their natural light, hopefully won't be too bad for them and we're...

Me back with yet another question 😂 We're going down to -4C tonight in the UK, our ducks like to sleep outside in their enclosure usually, when it gets below 0 like a month ago cold we put them in an inside section of our outbuilding with thick straw on the floor, some water and food, to keep...

Thanks so much for the advice! We have an old tree stump for enrichment in the middle of their enclosure so we can't really partition off anything. We do have a dog crate so could try that, how long should we put her in the crate? I'd imagine during the day for a few days and let her out in...

So we have 3, 2 year old Mini Appleyards, 2 females 1 male, we know the optimum is 3 females to one male but we are in Flockdown in the UK due to bird flu so they have to stay in their 2x3m run atm which we think a 4th duck would cause space issues. We think this is exacerbating the issue. One...

Yeah we've refreshed the bedding in their enclosure so it's all fresh and dry. We'll have a look for some triple antibiotic, all 3 are very established fly hunters though so hopefully they eat any that get too close! Thanks for you help, we are planning to pop their pond back in tomorrow...

Hi all One of our ducks decided to try a little fly and she came back down she grazed her leg on some stone border by the edge of the garden. I've attached some pictures, we used a pet swab and then we tried a wrap with vetericyn and vet wrap but she pulled that off after a bit. We wasn't sure...

Yeah he full attacked her wasn't a mating thing we think it was more a territorial thing. Both our male (blue) and other female (echo) got wet feather at the exact same time when we tried introducing them. We also just let delta(house duck) out in the garden and the other two got very stressed...

We have thought of that, we tried to reintroduce them earlier but the male tried to attack her, the outside flock got really stressed and got minor wet feather. So we're waiting till after mating season has ended to try again. We got a mirror set up for her, and me and my wife alternate working...

So we have her feed next to her bowl but she's very particular about how she eats. She dumps it in the water. Then waits 30 mins then sifts through the water to eat the food. To stop it going bad we replace her water with food in each hour. Other than that we sweep the kitchen floor where her...

Yeah we are so careful with the bedding on our outside ducks due to that stuff! Ok cool, we'll do that ACV in her water and I've also got a squirter with saline solution should she need real help, we'll be sleeping close by her till Thursday just in case! Thanks for your help again 🙂

Will do! She's been living inside with us so there's very little chance it'll be Aspergillosis. Her bedding has been puppy pads and soft towels for the past month. She's not had a loss in appetite but she has stopped laying, so has our outside ducks though. She has been sleeping a lot more...

So an update this our little lady, the leg shaking has gotten much better over the last day which is good, however we think it could have been a precursor to what's happening now. She's been wheezing alot today, and needing to blow her nose in water alot more often. I figured this was down to...

So as it's a small bumble the treatment plan was epsom salt soaks, vetericyn spray and then a drawing salve and wrap. Ill definitely up her vitamins, we've got some intervits powder and I'll be getting some nutritional yeast tomorrow. We're thinking if she doesn't start eating normally by...